Chaplain

Chaplain, originally a clergyman who performed religious services in a chapel. The name is now commonly applied to ministers who are appointed to discharge religious duties in connection with governmental, philanthropic, and military bodies. Bishops’ chaplains are those who aid them in correspondence, the examination of candidates, etc. There are thirty-six chaplains-in-ordinary to the Queen, who receive from the Crown 30 annually, and twelve honorary chaplains, without salaries. These preach in turn before the Queen.